Daniel 2:20:8Dan.2.20.W8TAB
מִן־עָלְמָ֖א
minalema
“from eternity”
- Transliteration
- min-a-le-MA
- Extended
- mihn-ah-leh-MAA
- IPA
- /min.ʕaːlˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from eternity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-a-le-MA
- clause
a-NEH da-ni-YEL ve-a-MAR le-he-VEH she-MEH di-eh-la-HA me-va-RAKH min-a-le-MA ve-AD a-le-MA
- sentence
a-NEH da-ni-YEL ve-a-MAR le-he-VEH she-MEH di-eh-la-HA me-va-RAKH min-a-le-MA ve-AD a-le-MA DI khakh-me-TA u-ge-vur-TA DI LE-hi
Exegesis
An inclusio of time appears in the parallel prepositional phrase min-alma wə-ad alma {מִן־עָלְמָא וְעַד עָלְמָא | min-ʿal-māʾ wə-ʿad ʿal-māʾ} ‘from eternity and until eternity.’
Root and etymology
Rootayin–lamed–mem
“age, world, eternity”
In context — Daniel 2:20
Daniel answered and said, “Let the name of God be blessed from eternity and until eternity; for wisdom and might are His.”
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 2:20, so the Hebrew word מִן־עָלְמָ֖א (minalema) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Dan.2.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.20.W8.S1) and character.